Protecting a PostgreSQL Resource

!This section uses datakeeper/pgsql/data/ as the location for Postgres data. In the steps below, this directory will be created on the replicated storage. If a different directory structure is created, be sure to account for the specific environment variances throughout the remainder of the steps described below.

Before configuring Postgres 12, please follow the instructions at Install Postgres 12 to Linux Nodes.

*Once PostgreSQL is installed on both the primary and standby nodes, execute the following steps on the primary node only.

Create a Directory to Store Data on the Primary Node

Initialize Postgres Database Server on the Primary Node

In this instance, initdb is located at /usr/pgsql-12/bin/initdb. Use the location of initdb to construct the parameters here.

*Check the following locations to be used during the following steps.

Start the Postgres Process on the Primary Node

[root@node-a ~]# su postgres -c "/usr/pgsql-12/bin/pg_ctl start -D /datakeeper/pgsql/data"
waiting for server to start....2020-12-30 03:40:20.925 UTC [6346] LOG:  starting PostgreSQL 12.5 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-39), 64-bit
2020-12-30 03:40:20.926 UTC [6346] LOG:  listening on IPv6 address "::1", port 5432
2020-12-30 03:40:20.926 UTC [6346] LOG:  listening on IPv4 address "127.0.0.1", port 5432
2020-12-30 03:40:20.932 UTC [6346] LOG:  listening on Unix socket "/var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432"
2020-12-30 03:40:20.946 UTC [6346] LOG:  listening on Unix socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"
2020-12-30 03:40:20.960 UTC [6346] LOG:  redirecting log output to logging collector process
2020-12-30 03:40:20.960 UTC [6346] HINT:  Future log output will appear in directory "log".
 done
server started

*Check the following locations to be used during the following steps.

Protecting PostgreSQL Resource with LifeKeeper

1. Click in the LifeKeeper user interface.

2. The Create Resource Wizard at node-a will appear. Select PostgreSQL Database as the Recovery Kit.

3. Select the following parameters.

Item	Location
Switchback Type	intelligent
Server	node-a
PostgreSQL Executable Location	/usr/pgsql-12/bin/
PostgreSQL Client Executable Location	/usr/pgsql-12/bin/psql
PostgreSQL Administration Executable Location	/usr/pgsql-12/bin/pg_ctl
PostgreSQL Data Directory	/datakeeper/pgsql/data
PostgreSQL Port	5432
PostgreSQL Socket Path	/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432
Enter Database Administrator User	postgres
PostgreSQL Logfile	/tmp/pgsql-5432.lk.log
PostgreSQL Database Tag	pgsql-5432

The wizard checks these values. Once “pgsql-5432” is successfully created on node-a, continue to the next steps.

4. Select the following values in the Pre-Extend Wizard @ node-a.

Item	Location
Target Server	node-b
Switchback Type	intelligent
Template Priority	1
Target Priority	10

The wizard checks these values. Once the Pre-Extend check is complete, continue to the next steps.

5. Select the following values in the Extend database/pgsql Resource @ node-a wizard.

Field	Value
PostgreSQL Executable Location	/usr/pgsql-12/bin/
PostgreSQL Database Tag	pgsql-5432

Now the PostgreSQL resource is defined on LifeKeeper. The wizard automatically defines a dependency between the PostgreSQL resource and the replicated disk (/datakeeper).